Aerospace Engineering (diagnostics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

High precision time-resolved thrust measurement and Two-dimensional plasma plume diagnostics

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Min Kwan Kim (80%) / Alexander Wittig (20%). Project description. This exciting PhD project offers a unique opportunity to develop a high precision time-resolved thrust balance and optical diagnostics to characterise the spatial distribution of plasma plume generated by a plasma thruster. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M K Kim

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Multi-physics investigation of spray in a crossflow

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Understanding the dynamics of particles (solid and liquid) in a crossflow is essential for many scientific investigations and engineering applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr KP Pandey

30 March 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Swim like a Whale: Underwater Propulsion at High Reynolds Numbers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Melike Kurt and Prof Bharath Ganapathisubramani. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Kurt

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Experimental measurements of turbulent flow over porous liners

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Bharathram Ganapathisubramani and Swathi Krishna. Project description. Aircraft engines are the primary source of noise during take-off and landing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ganapathisubramani

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Research Studentship in Impact Engineering

University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science

Research Studentship in Impact Engineering. 3.5-year D.Phil. studentship . Project. New paradigms for X-ray probing of dynamic failure at the mesoscale. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Eakins

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Aerospace Flow Control Actuator Technology Performance Enhancement Using High Strain-Temperature Lead Free Piezoceramic Materials

Sheffield Hallam University Materials and Engineering Research Institute

The Industry and Innovation Research Institute (I2Ri) draws on talents, expertise and facilities across Sheffield Hallam University. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JP Potts, Dr JS Spendlove, Dr A Feteira

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Microbubble Coalescence in Turbulence

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr John Lawson. Project description. Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position on applying computer vision (CV) and machine learning (ML) approaches to experimentally measure and model coalescence in turbulent dispersed multiphase flow. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Lawson

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Statistical multi-target tracking methods to image dynamic processes using X-ray transmission imaging

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Thomas Blumensath (ISVR), Daniel Clark (ECS), Mark Mavrogordato (Engineering). Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Blumensath

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Experimental Aerodynamics and Environmental Flows

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Christina Vanderwel. Project description. Join our world-leading experimental fluid mechanics research group with this PhD studentship studying Experimental Aerodynamics and Environmental Flows. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Vanderwel

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Investigation of the lifetime limiting effects within electrospray thruster spacecraft propulsion

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Charlie Ryan, Dr Alex Wittig. Project description. Typical high performance electric propulsion options for large satellites, such as gridded ion thrusters or Hall Effect thrusters, do not work well for nano satellites. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Ryan

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Efficient manoeuvres for vortex-foil interactions

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Bharathram Ganapathisubramani and Sergio Araujo-Estrada. Project description. In recent years, aerial and underwater autonomous vehicles have seen significant growth. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ganapathisubramani

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Experimental measurements of pressure gradient history effects on turbulent boundary layers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Bharathram Ganapathisubramani and John Lawson. Project description. Turbulent boundary layers subjected to pressure gradients are found in a wide range of engineering applications and environmental flows. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ganapathisubramani

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Convective heat-transfer in turbulent boundary layers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Bharathram Ganapathisubramani and Sean Symon. Project description. The electrification of aircraft as an enabler for achieving our Net-Zero ambitions has been increasingly studied in recent years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ganapathisubramani

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 13 Aerospace Engineering (diagnostics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Aerospace Engineering (diagnostics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 13 Aerospace Engineering (diagnostics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

High precision time-resolved thrust measurement and Two-dimensional plasma plume diagnostics

Multi-physics investigation of spray in a crossflow

Swim like a Whale: Underwater Propulsion at High Reynolds Numbers

Experimental measurements of turbulent flow over porous liners

Research Studentship in Impact Engineering

Aerospace Flow Control Actuator Technology Performance Enhancement Using High Strain-Temperature Lead Free Piezoceramic Materials

Microbubble Coalescence in Turbulence

Statistical multi-target tracking methods to image dynamic processes using X-ray transmission imaging

Experimental Aerodynamics and Environmental Flows

Investigation of the lifetime limiting effects within electrospray thruster spacecraft propulsion

Efficient manoeuvres for vortex-foil interactions

Experimental measurements of pressure gradient history effects on turbulent boundary layers

Convective heat-transfer in turbulent boundary layers

We have 13 Aerospace Engineering (diagnostics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Aerospace Engineering (diagnostics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 13 Aerospace Engineering (diagnostics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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